Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, yesterday, said huge investments in the construction of the East-West road might not yield lasting returns unless proper management structures

Chairman of Seplat Petroleum Company Limited, Dr. A.B.C. Orjiako, at the weekend, sought synergy with Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki and its partners in Delta State to boost the economic prosperity of the states. Orjiako, who stated this during visit to Obaseki and tour of the firm’s facilities in Edo and Delta states, thanked the…

• Police Area Commander, Others Shot At least seven suspected cult members were feared killed yesterday during renewed cult violence in parts of Benin City, the Edo State capital. This brings the number of lives lost in cult-related clashed in the state capital that started on Wednesday to 12. An Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP)…

Suspected gunmen reportedly attacked a police station in Igueben, headquarters of Igueben Council Area of Edo state, carted away arms and ammunition. They also killed a police inspector and a constable. A source in the community said other policemen also sustained injuries during the attack, as the hoodlums who stormed the police station around 8:00…

Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo on Tuesday presented a budget of N153.4 billion for 2021 to the state House of Assembly for approval. Presenting the budget christened ‘MEGA Budget ‘, Obaseki said that it was made up of N94.8 billion recurrent expenditure and N58.6 billion capital expenditure. “Mr Speaker, you will note that the recurrent…

Unlike four years ago when he took over from his immediate past predecessor, Adams Oshiomhole on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC), Governor Godwin Obaseki and his Deputy, Philip Shaibu will, on Thursday, November 12, 2020, be sworn in for the second term on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Their inauguration would…

The Federal Government has appointed Adeboye Mustapha Zubair as the acting rector of Auchi Polytechnic, Auchi in Edo state.     A statement signed by the institution’s Public Relations Officer, Mustapha Oshiobugie, said Zubair, until his appointment, was the institution’s Deputy Rector in charge of Administration.     The statement added that the acting rector…

Local and international investors have predicted a positive economic outlook for Edo State, as Governor Godwin Obaseki seeks to consolidate on his reforms and programmes to make the state an investment hub. This is coming as preparations for Obaseki and his deputy, Philip Shaibu’s inauguration for a second term in office on Thursday, November 12,…

Leaders of Anegbette and Udochi communities, two towns worst hit by floods in South Uneme clan of Etsako Central Local Government Area of Edo State, have called for urgent government’s intervention in the provisions of relief materials and relocation to avoid a major food crisis and outbreak of diseases in the area.   President of…

Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo on Monday inaugurated a 22-man Judicial Panel of Inquiry to look into the circumstances surrounding the #EndSARs protest in the state and country at large. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the panel has representatives of all the security agencies, among other members. It is headed by retired…

Anarchy looms large, as more deaths — a total of 13 — were recorded yesterday in the ongoing #ENDSARS and police brutality protests across the country. The deaths in Abuja, Oyo, Kano

The campaigners, yesterday, engaged men of the Nigeria Police Force on the busy Benin-Ugbowo-Lagos highway amid the existing curfew in Edo State.